Does this clock announce in a male or female voice? Is it easy to understand? My dad can't understand the robotic female voice of my Panasonic phone.
16093
I bought this for a sight impaired friend of a friend whom I've never actually met. She did tell me she liked the clock a lot and that it was easy to understand. Sorry I can't be more helpful.
16094
I recall that it was a male. My 93 year old dad could understand clearly. I can't check because we no longer have the clock.
16095
It's a female voice. My 94 year old mother can hear it easily. She loves the clock.
124840
I use to be able to turn it on and off by snapping my tongue on the roof of my mouth. Once you get the tone right it will work. I also would say a loud ay sound (as in "ay" what are you doing). Just do a quick loud tone and it should work. FYI being a man i have a lower than say most women. So if its for a female and its not working at normal tone try shouting a bit in a lower tone. Hope this helps.
1100034
Hey have you always said hey r2 wait for it to blink than say command mode than wait for it to beep then say go ahead 3 units.And very voice sensitive.Hope I helped
757120
That all may depend on what kind of phone you have??? All I had to do was plug it in. I didn't hear anything until I turned the handset on and had a dial tone. Ck and make sure the plug is all the way in. Make a call and plug it in while you have a call going and see if you can hear then. Otherwise you may have to call Panasonic help line. There wasn't any real instructions with it so....hope you can figure it out...
55233
@Ken "I have found it will not allow me to dial up an automated voice message system" - this problem applied to flip phones when they were left shut. Newer phones do not have this problem. If you are still using a flip phone, leave it open!
197095
I didn't know men's version for Panasonic company. However, I have another one from different company and I noticed that Panasonic women's version is samller and it had nice shape to carry. Also, it's easy to use. I love it
518153
Sorry, not sure. I think I heard or read someone disabled the speaker, but clearly had to go inside the box. My most frustrating thing was the fact that there is no one to call to ask. I tried when I had battery problems, only solved by buying a new equivalent battery which, to date, has worked well. There's a lot of little things I'd change about this clock, BUT, for the money, it's been a value. Good luck
783317
I've never heard it say good morning...or good night.. the main base that we hang on the wall will announce the caller but that is all i know about that... maybe its in the programming field. i am looking into it further to check it out. thank you.
95844
I have the opposite. It's too quiet for my Panasonic phone. Haha. In my experience if it's staticky, then the male end is either turning or the jack is getting worn. I have my wire taped onto the side of my phone so it doesn't move. Tacky? Yes. Helpful? Yes. I figure it's the lesser of 2 evils. I'd rather deal with audio issues than hold the phone to my ear for an hour. It's annoying I know, but that's how I got it to work. Wish my audio was too loud. Did you try and lower the handset volume on your phone? Usually there is a disc to press downwards or a side volume button?
1962006
Hi. The audio states the time and am or pm. I'm not sure about the display. I wasn't concerned about the display since it was a gift for my vision impaired father. But it does state am or pm loud and clear.
1620234
Glenn,I was reading a number of reviews a little earlier. One individual said you have to select a 'computer' voice. . .the female version is Samantha. . .I don't recall the name for the male voice. I haven't tried downloading either voice yet, but will sometime early on.
1186148
Yes. My 90-yr-old mother only wants to hear the date and time. She never uses the alarm function. She presses a button on top to hear date and time.
2365
You can check the time randomly by pressing a button. Unfortunately my mother frequently presses the wrong button that engages either the alarm or the hourly announcements. We still like the clock but I frequently have to stop the announcements or alarm. Easy to do when you can see but not easy for the blind. There is no date option.
93134
sorry, it's been a while since I set the clock, but I do remember that I had to set the analog clock manually (i.e. set it digitally and have the hands then move automatically to match the digitally set time)...You could also try their customer support, however, at the time I was doing my setting-up, they were surprisingly unknowledgeable about this specific model, as it was new.
229667
I haven't tried it yet as I just got it today, but when i was setting the alarm there was a bell symbol and it was either normal or with a slash through it. my assumption is that when you select the slash though, the sounds will be muted.
730275
yes, the watch speaks the actual time, when you press the talking button and the alarm time when set. when not using the alarm, make sure that the bell is not showing. it drains the battery. when the watch stops working, due to a depleted battery, replacing the battery is difficult and if you actually, get the new battery installed, you generally lose the speaking feature. so, the watches are pretty much disposable. i have had several of these watches and have had to discard them after trying to change the battery and losing the speaking feature. hope this helps!
852534
It only announces the number. I'm using it with an iPhone, so it may be different with other phones.